Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on City Logistics in International Scientific Literature

This article aims to identify the trends and dynamics of changes in city logistics on the basis of bibliometric data of international literature published in the ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Elsevier, Emerald and EBSCO host databases in recent years. The study made use of basic techniques of the bibliometric method with the support of the VOS viewer software. On the basis of a huge number of literary works, the analysis allowed for the assessment in terms of chronological development of research concerning city logistics and the identification of main authors, publications, and journals being of crucial significance to this area of research. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.